Sentences with phrase «many obvious influences»

We might note the obvious influence of Leo Strauss's Natural Right and History upon Bénéton's framing of modernity, but he works out the implications of historicist relativism and Weberian social science in ways that are more attuned to both the contemporary academy and to our day - to - day lives.

However that may be, the Judaism in which he was raised still has an obvious influence on his mind and heart.

This version seems clearly based on those of Mark and Matthew but shows no obvious influence from Luke or John.

That is aside from the disruption he caused at AFC, the game of brinkmanship he tried to play with Ozil and the obvious influence he had on chamberlain.

The most obvious influence on whether a country holds a referendum is the legal requirement to do so.

The clearest sense of Lib Dem priorities, though, came with the obvious influence of Steve Webb, who's work at DWP has reformed pensions; it was striking that this was where many of the surprises were.

Interestingly, I picked up on the obvious influence of 2001 on that film much more fully this time; in many ways, ST: TMP seems to be a virtual sequel to Kubrick's flick.

Interestingly, I picked up on the obvious influence of 2001 on that film much more fully this time; in many ways, ST: TMP seems to be a virtual sequel to it.

Another tale that attempts to rank among the epics is an obvious influence, albeit of the more recent variety.

Soavi's film is based on a graphic - novel, Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi, but Soavi's more obvious influences range from Jean Rollin's La Rose de Fer (1973) to Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990).

As that list might suggest, Steven Spielberg is an obvious influence on Midnight Special, particularly in the emphasis that writer Jeff Nichols puts on the dysfunctional family at the heart of the story.

Seven Psychopaths is something that you can't forget and something that you'll want to go back and re-watch just to pick up on all of the subtle references and some of the less obvious influences it pays homage to.

It's admirable how a movie with so many obvious influences and references can offer an experience that still feels like its own thing.

While Kore - eda's vision for this story about a woman's trauma was assuredly original, Roger was particularly excited about the obvious influence from Yasujiro Ozu, a filmmaker that Roger called «one of the four or five greatest film directors of all time.»

Not for every taste of course — no Almodovar film is — but a good, creepy elegant old - school horror movie worthy of its obvious influences: Georges Franju's «Eyes Without a Face,» James Whale's Frankenstein, Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock and Fritz Lang.

Chilling, with obvious influences from everything from Stephen King to Kubrick, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer is absorbing, beautifully shot with a wonderful rousing score, bloody nasty, and strangely funny in a way that only Lanthimos can deliver — and is actually a definite step - up from The Lobster which already sat high in our estimations.

The body of the score is generally a little lighter, with obvious influence at times coming from Alexandre Desplat (who was launched to film music fame when he scored another film set in the 17th century Netherlands about a woman in a portrait).

Its most obvious influence is Howard Hawks» «The Thing» (1951), which was also about a team in an isolated outpost who discover a long - dormant alien, bring it inside, and are picked off one by one as it haunts the corridors.

Nightfall — Fine film noir from Jacques Tourneur that was an obvious influence on Fargo.

Okay, Forbidden Planet isn't really better than The Tempest, but it is an interesting take on the play, and an obvious influence on the original Star Trek.

Stoker's more obvious influence is Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt, which has an Uncle Charlie of its own.

Think about how Anderson's obvious influences — Kurosawa, Shōwa - era propaganda imagery and ukiyo - e art, Kabuki, Miyazaki, and, probably, a Japanese commercial Anderson saw in 1989 — impact his visuals and storytelling, but also how those influences do not extend beyond the surface.

(Others will cite David Lynch as an obvious influence on Gosling and they wouldn't be wrong.)

The film is definitely more action - oriented than its predecessor, less concerned with building suspense than watching its would - be victims fight off a never - ending onslaught of crazies («The Warriors» and «Assault on Precinct 13» were obvious influences), but there are still so many questions about the sheer absurdity of the premise that it's hard to invest in the story.

The latter, braced by Tom Hardy's star - making performance, is Shepard's most obvious influence here.

Platinum's own Bayonetta is the obvious influence for the combat system, featuring both a slow - mo ability — triggered by evading just at the right time — and the means of chaining attacks so that enemies can be struck in quick succession.

The film's obvious influence is «John Wick,» which used a dog as a winking plot device, showing it briefly before stirring Keanu Reeves to swiftly avenge its death.

Based on the same platform as the new A-Class, the CSC draws obvious influence from the CLS.

You can see the obvious influence on the front end with the almost X-shaped cutout in the nose.

To say that there is obvious influence from 2K Marin's previous game seeping into their latest project is an understatement.

Metroid is probably one of the more obvious influences, but there's also a lot of influence from games like Commando (1), Rygar (2), Blaster Master and Ninja Gaiden.

In keeping with the rest of the gameplay's obvious influence from MMOs, the game's battle system is more in - line with a game like World of Warcraft than an old school Dragon Quest game.

Even forgetting the game is the «mature» Zelda that many of us have been waiting for since the Spaceworld 2000 demo turned into Wind Waker, it is still a game unlike any other regardless of its obvious influences.

It's a real shame the final product doesn't more closely emulate its obvious influences.

Many games answer this question with loot — think Gearbox Software's Borderlands, one of Defiance's most obvious influences.

Uncharted is an obvious influence but Crystal Dynamics is promising more open gameplay.

Hazards, for example, provide more of a nuisance than thought - provoking obstacles, and the obvious influences on presentation reminiscent of M.C. Escher's famous works are nothing more than visual eye candy that do nothing to enhance gameplay.

The Banner Saga is an obvious influence, from the storyline to the grid and turn - based combat, but Ash of Gods goes even grimmer in pursuit of the grimdark.

Raiders of the Broken Planet's visual style drinks from quite diverse sources, from North American comic books to Manga and Anime, with films and videogames also being obvious influences.

Albion Online hearkens back to the days of MMOs old, with its most obvious influences stemming from Ultima Online and RuneScape Classic, in addition to little bits of EVE Online appearing throughout the game's systems.

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Super Paper Mario: In one part of the game, Francis mentions that he possesses a comic called «Cybort Wart» which is an obvious influence of the main antagonist Wart from Super Mario Bros. 2.

It has obvious influence from Tetris — but it's also more of a level based puzzle game like Candy Crush Saga.

All of the monsters are original designs (though with obvious influences) and the scale is much smaller than what you expect from Godzilla (they're big monsters here, not really «giant») but the gameplay is rock solid and fast - paced with lots of destructible elements in the stages.

Conceptually, her earliest works appear even more tightly regulated by the obvious influences of the strict, geometric, coloured forms we know from the Bauhaus... Read more

The more obvious influences might be Degas, Morandi, Vuillard, Lopez - Garcia or Fairfield Porter.

«Carol John's art reflects her encounters with mainstream modern artists - showing the obvious influence of Guston and other individualists like Marsden Hartley and Alfred Julio Jensen - it also suggests an appreciation of certain «outsider» artists, as with her improvisational approach to composition.

Despite the obvious influence the civil rights movement had on the public's regard for his celebrated later efforts, the accolades he received for the collage work — if a lack of interest in what preceded it is any indicator — seemed to have followed the pattern set by the critical reception of the AbEx movement.

Sabin Bors: There is an obvious influence from still life painting in your work, and some still life works as such.

Gerhard Richter's early photorealistic portraits are an obvious influence.